Exaltation promise question

[Guest]

At the end of D&C 132 verse 19 it promises a continuation of the seeds forever and ever. Now does that mean we'll keep having spirit children for eternity, does it mean we'll have a certain number of spirit children, then they'll have children and their children will have children and so on for all eternity, or is it both that we'll never stop having spirit children and our spirit children will keep having spirit children in a forever posterity?

[Guest]

It could be asked, do you think Heavenly Father is finished having spirit children, or do you think He will forever have more children to send to worlds without end?

[NeedleinA]

4 hours ago, Zarahemla said:

It could be asked, do you think Heavenly Father is finished having spirit children, or do you think He will forever have more children to send to worlds without end?

In your studies Zarahemla, what conclusion have you personally arrived at and why?

[tesuji]

Lots of leaders' quotes cited here:

http://scriptures.byu.edu/#::c12e8419

Look on the right side of the page for the citations.

Unfortunately it's a super long verse so not all these will discuss the particular part of the verse you are wondering about.

[tesuji]

Some good quotes here:

 

D&C 132:22–25. What is “the Continuation of the Lives” and the “Deaths”?
 

Elder Bruce R. McConkie taught: “Those who gain eternal life (exaltation) also gain eternal lives, meaning that in the resurrection they have eternal ‘increase,’ ‘a continuation of the seeds,’ a ‘continuation of the lives.’ Their spirit progeny will ‘continue as innumerable as the stars; or, if ye were to count the sand upon the seashore ye could not number them.’ (D. & C. 131:1–4;132:19–25, 30, 55.)” (Mormon Doctrine, p. 238; see also Notes and Commentary on D&C 131:4.)

President Joseph Fielding Smith further explained that “the term ‘deaths’ mentioned here has reference to the cutting off of all those who reject this eternal covenant of marriage and therefore they are denied the power of exaltation and the continuation of posterity. To be denied posterity and the family organization, leads to the ‘deaths,’ or end of increase in the life to come.” (Church History and Modern Revelation, 2:360; see also McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 283.)

https://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual/sections-132-138/section-132-marriage-an-eternal-covenant?lang=eng

 

Edited July 20, 2016 by tesuji

[Guest]

I see creating spirit children as a true joy. Especially since I have no children now and want them.

[nuclearfuels]

It is both that we'll never stop having spirit children and our spirit children will keep having spirit children in a forever posterity...and, I think, that our posterity will inherit the faith-promoting characteristics that we hopefully demonstrate.

These scriptures promise that "more shall he the children of the desolate" in the Last Days and Millenium

Galatians 4:27

Isaiah 54:1

3 Nephi 22 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

https://www.lds.org/scriptures/.../22?...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints

In the last days, Zion and her stakes will be established, and Israel will be ... not travail with child; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the ...

1 Nephi 21:22 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

https://www.lds.org/.../bofm/.../21.22?...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints

The Messiah will be a light to the Gentiles and will free the prisoners—Israel will be ... Scriptures · Book of Mormon · 1 Nephi; 21 ... shall be smitten no more; for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. ... seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro?

Edited July 22, 2016 by nuclearfuels